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Study Claims 61% of URL Shorteners Are Dead
A study by new URL shortener yi.tl claims that out of the 1002 different URL shorteners created in the past decade, 614 of them no longer exist. The company cites spam as the main reason for sites closing, though I’m …

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:10:18 -0700

Hilco Launches Business Unit to Provide Open Outcry and Online Real Estate Auction Services
NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- Hilco Trading, LLC, a world leader in tangible and intangible asset monetization services, today announced the launch of Hilco Real Estate Auctions, LLC ("HREA"). URL: www.HilcoREAL.com. ...

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:17:07 -0700

New Product for Microsoft SharePoint: HarePoint Short URL
MAPILab would like to present a new software product: HarePoint Short URL for SharePoint 2010. The product is intended for creating short links to SharePoint web-pages and site elements.(PRWEB) April 26, 2012 MAPILab would like to announce a new software product: HarePoint Short URL for SharePoint 2010. The product is intended for creating short links to SharePoint web-pages and site elements ...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:19:13 -0700

Prolexic Mitigates Layer 7 GET Flood DDoS Attacks Against Enterprise Payment Processing Platform
Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, announced today that it has mitigated several DDoS attacks against a URL used by online merchants for payment processing.The payment processing platform is owned by IPG Holdings Limited, an independent, privately-owned technology company that specializes in the development, maintenance, and support of ...

Tue, 08 May 2012 06:09:56 -0700

The Web Is the Cloud's API
In 1997 I attended, and spoke at, the first Perl Conference, which two years later evolved into the Open Source Convention (OSCON) . For me the most memorable part of the conference was a keynote given by my friend Andrew Schulman , titled The Web is the API . At one point Andrew showed a slide with nothing on it but a UPS tracking URL. “This is amazing,” Andrew said, “every UPS package has its ...

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:33:57 -0700